Thank you to the 886 students (as of this writing) who posted comments on our original question, and thank you to Room for Debate, a blog we think is so useful for teaching and learning that we published a whole lesson plan about using it.

I think that being 14, which I am , is more than adults give us credit for and that we know more than you think so I think we should be able to vote. But on things that apply to our lives and living status.